| Show CORN IS STILL KIIO I Coarse Grain Holds Position as Leader in the Pit MAIZE DRAWS SPECULATORS Liquidating Movement Which Began Be-gan Monday Was Continued Yesterday Yes-terday and While tlio Volume of Business Was Small It Was Still Sufficiently Heavy to Draw Attention Atten-tion From All Over the Floor of the Chicago Board Close Found the Market S Strong SILVER New York t 6Hjc San Francisco ftlc London A 2SUd LEAD New York excahngc 4371 COPIER New York exchange 1703 Silver and Drafts Now York Feb 19 Silver certificates 61jG2 ½ r War silver GIbe Moxlcail dollars I771C San Francisco Feb 10 Silver bars 6lc I Mexican dollar 051i5lo Drafts sight 17c telegraph 225c Money and Exchange i New York Feb 10 Money on call toady nt 2fi2l4 per cent prime mercan tile paper Zyn i5 per cent sterling exi change llmicr wiLl actual buslnr in bankers bills at JIS7V 1 IS7M for demand and ut 5ISITilSllfe for sixty dan posled rates IS5ft I S54 and SlSSfilSS1 com mercial bills IS5ligl83 > i New York Meials New York Fob 10 Duslncss was less acllvo In tin today Advices from Lon don were rather dlHappolnllng showing a loss of 7s Od to 123 2s ld This together wllh the expectations of largo nrrlvaln In the near future prompted an easier foci Ing locally and priceswete 5 to 10 poinui off February selling at IDjc with tho final spot basIs 2G9g27fOr c Copper was an usual In a small and nominal condition amid In the absence of business Lake Superior was quoted nt 1700 and casting and electrolytic at 16625 Speller ruled quiet and easy all day with little business reported closing nt 397ci105 London lost 2s Gd to 17 lOs Lead continued dull and featureless at L37DOmestIc DOmestIc Iron markets were slightly moro active today and easy as to tone but prices remain nominally a3 hint quoted At Glnagow pig Iron cloyed at 51s Ed and at Mlddlcsboro IGs Gd San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco Fob lSTlme official closing quotations for mining stocks to day were as follows Alia 5 02 Alpha Con 02 j Apdns 03 Justice ft 0 Belcher t lGkentuck Con 01 L Best B 25 Mexican 22 Bullion 02 Occl Con 07 Caledonia Ophir Chul Con Overman 11 Chollar OS Potosl If i Confidence 75 Savago 13 i C C Va lK > s Nevada 30 Con Imp OlSllvcr Illlj 11 Crown lt 13 Standard 120 Exchequer 0I1imIoum Con 21 I Gould C 20 Utah Con Ol i Halo Nor IS Ycl Jacket CO I BOSTON MINING STOCKS < Am Sin R JGO2o preferred 9L50 Adarai Con 20 Little Chief 11 I AIlco J Ontario 700 Ip p Brcccc 175 Ophir TO Bruns Con SlPliocnlx 00 I Con Cal t Va lr Potoyl v I Deadwood T OT Savage 12 I I Horn Silver 115 Sierra Nov 12 Won Silver f 05 Small Hopes 70 j Ticadvillo Cod OCStundard 1M NEW YORK MINING STOCKS I Adveiiluro 5 ISAmal Copper K150 Atlantic 2SM Osccola 500 BInghnm 1000 Parrot 1973 B Mon Vrj J32500 Qulncy 17600 Butte S B S1EO Santa F Cop 7GO 1 Cal lice ST3X Tamarack 33300 Centennial 23Snvinona 675 2 i Franklin 207 Wolverines 60nO Ilumboldt COCOUtah 330 Grain and Provisions Chicago Fob 10TIme corn market was animated holding fast to Its recently ac quired position as leader of the Board l of Trade spcculatlo attractions The llqul dating movement which began In force yesterday was continued and while tho volume of business was small It was still Hiilllclent heavy to draw attention malt m-alt over tim floor The crowd encouraged by lighter country offerings small contract con-tract stocks and above till by the stub bornness with which lime prlco had yielded In lho face of immense sales by longs was optimistic and absorbed nil I I offerings in cheerful confidence that lho 1 high price of the crop had not yet been reached May opened io lower to fec higher at lOi to I0ic Jt soon touched 10c but reacted to lOifc on realizing Time close found the market strong May only a shade lower at lOlifl W I A degree of mysterious strength permeated 1 per-meated Limo wheat market rime host t buyers and the market was a dull one I wero ownori of elevators May opened a I shade higher to J6iHic lower Tim market 1 was run up to 7BMj7514c during the foro part of time Hcjvdon Tho announcement of an Increase of 9S3000 bushHw In the worlds visible caused a brief hiispciiblon of buying but toward tho end of Limo session ses-sion tho market rallied again and closed strong at tho top May fi c higher at I JJ s7C Oats were dull May closed unchanged H t 2Z Provisions rccov < jro < I fropi w slIght de Presslon which AVIU left over yvflierday hog rccclptK vVore heavy but wan offset Inter by a good niah demand Mny pork closed at lsc lower lard and rlbd each 2e up HANG1S OF THE LEADING FUTLHKS Open High Low Close WIicat February 73m 73H 73 I 7534 March 73 t l 733I 71 Ality > V 75V 75 71 7 Corn i j < February < i nSIS March r i 3i > COW 2Vi May Qfe oys hO4 J0s i fiats February ih 10 May 2oi 2W 23 25Ji Mess Pork lVbruiiry 13EO May 1100 li02i4 13M llW Lard March 737 70 737 t 711 May 71214 7T 70 715 July 71715 7rX 717 7 W Short nibs 1obruary 01 May 7B 7C 700 705 September 713 7176 715 71i CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations worn as follows Klour dull and steady No 3 spring wheat Sfi 72r No 2 red 74V < i7Ce No com SWic No 2 yellow 1So No 2 OIUK Soto No 2 white 2S ifr Af No 1 1 white CS ili 27io No 2 rye MWWJtc fair lo choice malting barley 62forSe No 1 llnxsood SlCT No l Northwestern SLCI prime timothy socd 135 mofs pork per barrel i3i5jJ300 lard per ICO pnumK S737 > i liort ribs sides loose SW71 dry sailed shoulders boxed OWflCVsc short flfar sides boxed 710T7M whisky basN of high wines 5127 clover contract con-tract grade 51100f 1115 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles fleets Slmls Flour barrels 27000 CtflO Wheat busbcla CfiOCO 54X1 Corn hiinhclR I7SOOO lirirool Oats bushels JB7000 271CCO Ryo bushels or Y > 7r > oo Barley bushels 0100 18000 PRODUCE MARKET On Limo produce exchange today time bat for market was active creameries llff 22c dairies 11 filSc Cheese active Jffmlc Eggs dull fresh loc Const Grain San Francisco Feb 10 Wheat Inac tive May OSc Barley No sales Available Grain Supply New York Feb 19 Special telegraphic nnd cable communications to BradHtrccis show the following changes In available supplies from thin previous account Wheat United States and Canada cast of tho RoOkies decrease 17uOO bushels afloat for and In Europe Increase lCOQOOO bushels total supply Increase SS30CO bushels Corn United States and Canada cast of tIme Rockies Increase 1129000 bushels Oats United States and Canada cant of the Rockies increase 501000 bushels Time combined stocks of wheat at Port land Or Tacoma und Seattle Wash decreased de-creased SOOO bushels last week Foreign Market New York Fob 10Time Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram says Tho markets hero were hue to tliyium Limo dumps because there was no African news because there was u hitch In limo Chtneso negotiations and because of a miserable fog American shares nlno were heavy and featureless Thoy wcro dull enough before tho opening On mod cralo sales by Wall street time close was worse and there was no nmrkot In tho trect afterward Money IB still tight Tho cal 1loamu rate began ut 45 per cent and Closed at 3T per cent The probable full I of the bank rate has been fully discounted dis-counted Stocks and Bonds New Yorlc Feb 19 There was an clement cle-ment among the professional operators on the stqok exchange which worked for a rally today on the theory that yester days selling was largely due la opera tions for Limo boar account and that tim 3 vigorous support of tho market would rlye Ihesu bears to cover Tbc maneuver ruts r-uts entirely without success especially In the early dealings butnll of the I mar kets strength was confined to a vcrv few stocks and was not long maintained Business foil away to the point of scml stagiumi lout at times during the I day show lug no signs of this recent Jnrgo general demand or of lho operations by large banking and financial I Interests which jvas lie backbone of the market for a long tlmc > Obviously none but professional profes-sional operators wero Interested to any prcat extent In time days transactions t There are too many dubious considerations considera-tions In lho Immediate future to havo a repressing Inlluence on speculation which has been busy for a lonsr time past In I discounting all thp most favorable considerations con-siderations that could be imagined and many of which have entirely failed to occur oc-cur thus far Expectations continue on Iptoc of an official announcement of the terms of tho stool merger which arc almost hourly expected and yet It Is evident that tho cumbersome project may drag for u IOIIK time Tho steel stocks were all feverish and unsettled but generally weakened during thocourso of the day The money market was not violently disturbed but the tone continues to harden A development develop-ment which may have Important consequences conse-quences was a recovery In dlscpunt rates In London In spite of time general I supposition 1 supposi-tion that lho bank rate will be reduced this week Sterling exchange hardened In New York on a demand for rojnltlanco by tomorrows steamer1 The decision to close the stock exchange from Thursday to Monday morning was an Influence toward to-ward dullness Delaware Hudson was crnillc breaking break-ing I violently from tie top and closing with a net Ions of 2j TIme Southwostcrna wcro all notably weak declining from 1 lo 2ji and thcro wore severe losses In I Grcac Northern preferred Genera TJlcc trie and the smelting stocks besides those in the Rteel stocks There was an upward I up-ward turn In Sugar but It did not hold Comparative firmness waa shown bv Union PacIUc Illinois Central and for a time St Paul though that stock gavo way at Limo lust There waslargo buying again in Southern I South-ern Paclllc bonds but they lost most of thflr gain boforo the close and the general 1 gen-eral bond list was reactionary genii I I salon i par value HSC < O Unlled Stales bonds were ull unchanged on the last call BOND LIST f S ref 2 rcgW D U G Is 102 1 7 S coup 10i Nor Pac 3s 7oL U S 3s rog llMi Nor PHC Is lOSrfe U l S ts coup llOKOr Nav 1ts 103 U S new Is rpglTi Or Nav Js 101 Lr S now In coulSPtOr S L Cs < 12SVj U S old Is rcg 115 Or S L Con 6sU6 tJ S old fK cotftm R Cr V isis WV U S 5s rog UlOViSo Pno Is 01 1T K SM con 110 > i Union rate Is 105 i Colo f So li A J5 XI5W VORK STOCK LIST Atchlsoii 5V preferred 2 m proforrcd S7s Wheel L E 13 Unit 0 J 2nd jifd Can IHu SO1 Wls Cent iP fun South ifflt Third Avo 120 Cho A O 40 B O pfd S7 Chic CH West 19 Nat Tube 82 Chic Bun Q 115 preforred 10j Clilc Ind L ii Express Cos preferred 61luIanms I0 Chlc K III IU7 Amerlcnii Chic NV 17l i Inltcd Slates C R I Par 121 VellM Fargo 13 C C St ij 75lI MIscchIuncoiiS Cho South 9 lAnmer Cot Oil 1st phI 4ii 1rofnrred i 2mmd pd i5 ½ iummer IttIt Dlii lImld hli4 rofrrcd 21 1H Inlc lt WW1 Am S U D ic R G s I profcrrd 9IW preferred CTH i Amor Spirits Lrle 27V preferred 1 lilt pfd ix COAsteel Hoop I 2i3i Ct Nor prifrrcd I lacic emil I Aiim SLceI V 1 lmtic tI IT 0 l ii cimt h3i in Pinto I owa ent 245 imrefcrrcl Ii prof rnd 2 4lfl Tobacco > IKii Lake E t AVII I proforrod HOPi HO-Pi Unaconila ISl j akp Shore220 nr0ok Ran T 7 iJ Louis fe Nash > 91 colo F I I 13 N Man L il64 Couut Pob Int St ice ireerrei lx imt It9l tcel 4S4 ilhimuu St 1 72 mefrred SiYt lmretorrcth 155 cucrm RIce i Mo Puc iticunc Sugar ° i I doim 0 76 preferrcd P2 i Iu hait S Tex limier PaflCr I preferrel IJpltfS Zi J C iclutbe illS I I Ccitt j mtt i3lsctuit or ect lt imreferrel 01 preferred tm jcitl iericl or Pac C i preferred Sfi Preterred S6 i Nat Sleel 125 Out Vcjit siaj prefprre roj Or Ry c Nay ia NY Air B 1M Preferred 7G Nor Amor I iciitisylutmuii llSll jic Const 02 liendlima 0 1st fii JftPfi 71 2nd nfd ra 2iicl iird llWPnc Mall 12 TI GW 70 Peoples Gas 100 preferred w P Steel Cnr S Sl I > Sun F RT 5 prefrrrcd 7i 3ft pfd K pn Pnl Car 197 2itl efUr inu i Stand R T St LS W avil Sugar proierrcd ri preferred SL 1 > nll 1111A Tern C T 57 < JrrVfn d lsa iU S calbcr 1M St P Omit I in pVoforrcd i 74 Sn Kac ii 1 S Rubber 10 So Ry f oiU proforrod M lreferrc1 7I7J Vet Union ff iox Fc W Aml Con SOV 1nlott Pite fit H T t S II preferred RSi preferred W Vabtslm 10iP O C St L CO San Francisco Wool San Francisco Feb 10 Woolquola I lions SpiimugNtwnuhim 1ji13c Easterim Oregon JOiih3r Vtlley tregon hl7i5c 1OliTilotiimaln Iaummbs 97i1Cc San Joa lOIn Plains 0i7c Iltttnboldt and demulo clno JOilie St Louis Wool Market Sl Louis Fcb l9Vool1tuIl and lending lower Territory and Western medium HAftlG 1 c line 114ij11c coarse 11ijile London Wool Market Boston Fob 10 Manufacturers havo suetceded In lowering the prices of wool a shade This in prmclpalU i tbc ease In time Territory Kmdci While there has I beep mere activity In the market this week yot Limo demand Js confined to purchases pur-chases for Immediate use Manufactur ors tire disposed lo pay on the scoured basis of lUffloo To fine medium and lino Territory wools anil enough In tho trade nro Inclined tg meet this demand so as to make It SL fair quotation In the market This Is no doubt caused by the considerable consid-erable holdings and there Is a desire to sell whIch glNfcs time buyer the advantage Teirilory wotmlm scnurcd biiisMon tanaFiumc uimtdlimnm utah tine lZlj1f30 cniirii itJijc staple lIftlIe uoihm amid umicmhiuni and fine UfrlEc scoured 42l3c staple ii IGeIdaho Idaho Fine medium and fine 13111 imc scoured 424713c staple ICfrtCc No 2 medium lftlCc 1 scoured J0fl2c t Apstrallnn wools on pcourcd bnfjj Spot prices combing superfine nomtial 7ST3c good C3 C7ci average C3gG5c Butter and Eggs New York Feb 19 Butter Receipts 1O70 packages sioady fresh creamery 1d21c June creamery lt JJ20c factory llihOc Kegs Receipts 107iJ packages steady Western at mark JCc Southern at mark IGc 1 L Live Stock I CHICAGO ChlcigoFcb19 CaUlc Receipts 34CO < t Including GCO Tcxans generally steady good to prime steers 4EOij30v poor to medium 3tOfl70r nlockers and feeders KCvVgIM cows J250ff 15 heifers S50R 41 > oanncrs f 1782 10 bulls S250fflIO I calves Wtfffl > Texas fed steers 1001 500 griflscrs 3300100 bulls 2Mfra50 IIogsrnccelptH I today SoOX tomorrow i0O0 loft OVPI ICOfl oponod about steady closing weak lop 10 mixed and I butchers 51zi5 10 good lo choice heavy JSDOfiMO rough heavy SS1VIG2G light 315i 533 bulk oC sales 32535 Shcoj Rocolpts 100liO strong to lOc higher good to choice weathers fclOOtJIM fair to choice mixed SCAg CO Western Hhccp SI007jlEO Texan shoop 2Gftg360 natlvo lambs 542jj520 Western lambs 0lZ2 OMAHA Omaha Nob Fob 19 Cntllo Rccoipls 270 acllvo und strong lo lOc higher native na-tive beef steers f 100 530 Western stcors W70J1 10 Texas stoors 300 3Sri cows and hoifors jyK350 cinrerx 5200fi20t stook rS and fcodiTH S325 IWj calves l0f700 bulls stiiK etc SGOff I 00 HofBKocolptK SlOO shade stronger heavy SOaVjTl3CO mJxcd z2yI522 S light 5Ici54 pigs 5l50S510 sulk of aou < jTss Shiop Rocolpls RCW steady to strong y earlings 3i40lz475 < ivclhcrs 3I00ii4 J wes fnK > fi wj common arid stock sheep J3GiT2 5 lambs WJWfiZW KANSvVS CITY Katmsas CIty Mo Fob J1CnttleflC coipls ZIXO beef slccru steady others Btoady to weak native steers llWj5 0 T > xiiH slccrs1 3Jr51tIi0 Toxus cowaK m CMM nhllvolof4v and liolfcw fiCOgiH Htookors nnd fcodon 2JfjI70 bulls 3 C017i35 calti 35fOiiGOQ JogItieCiflt JPO0 miteaclyI hiulh Of su ites 52ctG35 hemtVy 52itt0575 pack sue r Z1I535 mnIxd 52O1S5ZZ higimi 3510 i f25 yorkers 351017520 pIgs i Zlc15fk Shoep RocnlptF l O steady lo weak muttons J3EOfMlO lambs fl73tf515 OMAHA Denver Cob Fob 19 Cattle Re colptg 00 dull and weak beef steers 3 aWWt75 ooWK 2J0P375 feeders freight pnld i to river i3PWilr i Htockors freight l ali lo river i2ij110 bulls stags etc J200325 1 Ho n Rrcolptp UX > Ic lower llclit packers 520fyC25 mixed and heavy 525 5W No sheep |